Apache Tomcat

apt update; apt list --upgradable
mkdir /opt/tomcat; cd /opt/tomcat/
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.63/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.63.tar.gz
tar -xzvf apache-tomcat-8*tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1

Permission

groupadd tomcat
useradd -r -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat -s /sbin/nologin tomcat
chmod -R g+r /opt/tomcat/conf
chown -R tomcat: /opt/tomcat
chmod g+x /opt/tomcat/conf
chmod o+x /opt/tomcat/bin

Service

update-java-alternatives -l
nano /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service

[Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking

Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid
Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-armhf/jre
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'
Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom'

ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

User=tomcat
Group=tomcat
UMask=0007
RestartSec=10
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable tomcat
systemctl start tomcat

systemctl status tomcat
tail -f /opt/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

ssh [email protected] -L 8080:localhost:8080
http://localhost:8080/

References

• Equivalent to tar's --strip-components=1 in unzip
• Untar tar file using --strip-components=1
• Install Apache Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 18.04
• Install Apache Tomcat 8 on Ubuntu 16.04
• Archive Apache Tomcat